by oldedude on April 28, 2024 1:05 am
Y'know, I was able to listen to part of the oral arguments. The Justices were thinking big picture... constitutionally... not about Trump... but, about the Executive Branch itself.
That's what I'm really hope to happen. In my world, it CAN'T be about trumpster. That's just stupid. It has to be about the office (as you said) regardless of the person. I don't envy SCOTUS on this one. Like I said before, If it's too restrictive, all the presidents from now on will have little to no meaningful discussions in issues. No one will speak up. If it's too lenient, we get screwed as a nation by those in power not being accountable.
My view. NO ONE in government should have carte blanche on what they do. If that were the case, (I am not a crook) Nixon could have gotten away with Watergate. Is there a "criminal act" associated with the decision? I don't know if trumpster is guilty of that. Do I think the dims are loading bullsht charges just to keep him busy? Yes.
NY v. trumpster is really shady to me. It's pretty bad when the feds that hate the defendant can't dig up an illegal act to charge. In this case, prosecution has to prove the act is predicated on a federal law, but you're not in federal court because a state AG doesn't have the scope to charge federally, so they pull up a state law they specifically passed to charge one person.
As usual, my crystal ball is broke, so I'm not even going to guess on this one.
by HatetheSwamp on April 28, 2024 3:59 am
Truth: The US Supreme Court is the only adult in the SwampRoom.
That 14th Amendment deny-due-process-idiocy that po... and the whole TrumpHate world... got so lathered up about. The Court brought sanity. Heck, trashing Roe to return abortion regulation into the hands of "the people and their elected representatives?" Brilliant. Perfect!
And, now, that wacked DC Circuit immunity decision that would have made every former President a target for politicized prosecutors and judges after their term...
...I'm certain that po and isle, et.al., would destroy the balance among the three branches of government just to get Trump.
The Roberts Court is saving the Republic... at least for one more decade.
It's rare that two of pb's three Legal Goobers appear on the same panel... even though two are Fox News contributors. But, Thursday was a magical day in the world of Dem lawfare: 